Dublin Film Critics go all in for ‘The Power of the Dog’

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog led the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) awards for 2021 with wins for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

The runners up for best film included Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune, Nomadland, David Lowery’s muddy The Green Knight, and Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round.

Frances McDormand took the best actress award jointly for two performances: asFern in Chloé Zhao’s Best Picture Oscar winner Nomadland and as Lady Macbeth in Joel Coen’s upcoming The Tragedy of Macbeth. McDormand won the 2020 best actress Oscar for the first film, but Nomadland counts as a 2021 release in these territories.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s rollicking, inspiring Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could not Be Televised), a celebration of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, won best documentary from the DFCC.

Here is the full list of ranked winners from the Dublin Film Critics Circle.

Best Film: The Power of the Dog
2. Dune
3. Nomadland
4. The Green Knight
5. Another Round
6. Promising Young Woman
7. The Father
8. Minari
9. Pig
10. Azor

Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2. Denis Villeneuve, Dune
3. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
4. David Lowery, The Green Knight
5. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
6. Céline Sciamma, Petite Maman
7. Leos Carax, Annette
8. Michael Sarnoski, Pig
9. Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
10. Ben Sharrock, Limbo

Best Documentary: Summer of Soul
2. Acasa, My Home
3. The Sparks Brothers
4. To the Moon
5. Gunda
6. The 8th
7. Breaking Out
8. Love Yourself Today
9. The Truffle Hunters
10. The Rescue

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
3. Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
4. Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
5. Nicolas Cage, Pig
6. Steven Yeun, Minari
7. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
8. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
9. Luca Marinelli, Martin Eden
10. Stanley Tucci, Supernova

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, The Tragedy of Macbeth; Nomadland
2. Kristen Stewart, Spencer
3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
4. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
5. Natasa Stork, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
6. Jodie Comer, The Last Duel
7. Deragh Campbell, Anne at 13,000 Ft.
8. Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
9. Claire Dunne, Herself
10. Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Screenplay: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
2. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
3. David Lowery, The Green Knight
4. Lawrence Michael Levine, Black Bear
5. Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm, Another Round
6. Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
7. Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
8. Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, First Cow
9. Andreas Fontana and Mariano Llinás, Azor
10. Ben Sharrock, Limbo

Best Cinematography: Greig Fraser, Dune
2. Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
3. Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
4. Claire Mathon, Spencer
5. Janusz Kami?ski, West Side Story
6. Daria D’Antonio, The Hand of God
7. Caroline Champetier, Annette
8. Gabriel Sandru, Azor
9. Nick Cooke, Limbo
10. Anthony Scott Burns, Come True

Best Irish Film: Arracht
2. To the Moon
3. Rose Plays Julie
4. Herself
5. Wildfire